"What happens when you die?"
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No... not really. Its just what i put down on paper cause its easiest and its what i identify myeslf as if i have to go to church. I stopped beleive in organized religion becuase it just doesnt work. Religion is something everyone has to figure out on their own.thenamelessloser said:
IN reality, I'm loosely christian. I beleive in the ten commandments (even then its kind of a stretch), the golden rule, and the mercy of god. I dont see the point for hell or the devil, and i beleive in the right to be gay, have abortions, or sex outside marriage (three huge No-Nos to catholics). So I'm not really that devoutly catholic. Its just where i take my lessons from, even though pretty much any religion at its core is the same , in my opinion alteast. If others disagree (I'm sure they do), thats fine. I'm not trying to flame bait.
I'd tell them that it's impossible to know what happens after you die, even though we know that the body ceases to function when one dies. But, I wouldn't tell them that because I get the feeling they wouldn't understand. I'd just say it's a mystery that no one can truly solve.Skullkid4187 said:
Oh okay, I wasn't trying to be mean. It just didn't make sense to me when you said you believed in the afterlife because you're Roman Catholic. So you believe in a moral and just god so because of that you think there is an afterlife right? Is that it?emeraldrafael said:
So you're going to tell the kid a lie?Skullkid4187 said:
As for the thread at hand, like a previous poster stated, just quote Picard from Star Trek, The Next Generation.
Short version for five year old: No one really knows.
Slightly longer version for a five year old: There are a lot of different ideas what happens when you die, but no one really knows.
There have been some intriguing reports of "near-death experiences", including the apparent audial or visual "witnessing" of things when the brain was not receiving blood flow and ought, to our understanding, have been incapable of receiving such input. One might also argue that the infamous "finger twitch" effect (Apparently despite what our consciousness would lead us to believe we twitch our finger and then our brain justifies our "decision" to do so rather than actually deciding and then twitching) may lend some creedence to the idea that our understanding of what comprises physical mortal consciousness is incomplete.
But like I say, we don't really know. And unfortunately, many of our attempts to suggest that we do are poorly masked attempts to express our belief's superiority over those of our fellow men.
Slightly longer version for a five year old: There are a lot of different ideas what happens when you die, but no one really knows.
There have been some intriguing reports of "near-death experiences", including the apparent audial or visual "witnessing" of things when the brain was not receiving blood flow and ought, to our understanding, have been incapable of receiving such input. One might also argue that the infamous "finger twitch" effect (Apparently despite what our consciousness would lead us to believe we twitch our finger and then our brain justifies our "decision" to do so rather than actually deciding and then twitching) may lend some creedence to the idea that our understanding of what comprises physical mortal consciousness is incomplete.
But like I say, we don't really know. And unfortunately, many of our attempts to suggest that we do are poorly masked attempts to express our belief's superiority over those of our fellow men.
Regardless of the existence or lack of this afterlife, dwelling too much on death won't help you view life in the right way.
Mortality is a part of all things, even the universe itself. Science completely rules out immortality, so the ending of life should just be accepted as a given. You can live on in the memories of those who loved you, but those memories eventually fade away.
Death is scary, but it's an unknown that you simply have to accept.
Mortality is a part of all things, even the universe itself. Science completely rules out immortality, so the ending of life should just be accepted as a given. You can live on in the memories of those who loved you, but those memories eventually fade away.
Death is scary, but it's an unknown that you simply have to accept.
Everyone's gay for Bridget.spartan1077 said:
But about the life and death thing.
What I would do is that I would smile kindly to the boy and then pat his head and say nothing.
Because it's what you want to happen to your self when you die.
But of course he's a child so you cannot just tell him, you fade out of existence and never come back again to see your loved ones and will always be dammned to be slowly forgotten for the tiny things you did in life which affected the world.
See little Timmy?! Your existence is futile.
tell him we go to heaven if we did good or when we die, we are truly regretful we didnt lead a better life then we are forgiven. If i look at everything mankind has done - wars included, can't take the good without the bad - i find it hard to believe that there isnt some greater force out there, giving us little pokes in the right direction and a force giving us pokes in the wrong direction every now and again. and in that same vein i think that life is too valuable to just end after death
I totally believe that evolution is how we got here, but I just think that something or someone was making sure it worked out alright for most species.
I totally believe that evolution is how we got here, but I just think that something or someone was making sure it worked out alright for most species.
Just don't scare them with ideas like if you don't do A,B,C...X,Y,Z you will burn and be tortured forever. Tell them that there are many opinions of what happens once you die, but no-one actually knows.
your body decays and you are no more, simple as that.
with death you end and there is nothing after and anyone who tells you they know it is different is lying.
with death you end and there is nothing after and anyone who tells you they know it is different is lying.
"No one truthfully knows. Make your own guesses upon it, but assume nothing of what you hear on the matter is ever truth."
About it.
About it.
Well, seeing as my opinion could get impressed upon him I would say nothing. I don't want him believing in heaven or hell just because it is my belief, this child should come to either that conclusion or another one by themself. I personally think there is an afterlife, and when you go there... something happens. Not too sure, but by no means am I scared of death. Ya, I'd rather stay alive, and will fight to the end to remain so, but I just see death as another step. I may think differently when staring death in the face, but during rational thought that is my opinion.
This. I doubt that heaven is the garden of happiness and sunshine and hell the place of fire and brimstone that, well, overblown portrayals in the media would have us believe but assuming our consciencious state into something much bigger than our own small, insignificant mortal coil is something I feel The Bible was trying to get across (Catholic btw).Skullkid4187 said:
I know that belief is gonna make some users roll their eyes and smirk at the idea of someone beleiving in the afterlife, but I don't care, I've got nothing to lose yet something to gain. Though I rarely think about all this, what's the point of wasting your life wondering about its end (I'm sure I could work in a Coffin Joe quote there) when really none of us can say what is and what is not and subsequently not start criticising people for it?
GOD HELP US ALL!MurderousToaster said: